US President Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened to walk out of the World Health Organisation, accusing the Tedros Adhanom-led global health body chief of acting at China’s behest and mismanaging the Covid-19 pandemic in the early stages. “It is clear the repeated missteps by you and your organization in responding […]
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Covid-19 response, China’s offer of help: All about day-1 of WHO session
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday kicked off its first-ever virtual assembly, where the participant countries called for a joint response to the coronavirus pandemic and for any vaccine to be a “global public good”. Countries also called for a reform of the UN health body to ensure it […]
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Finally China gives in, agrees for probe into Covid-19 origin, WHO response
China on Monday gave in to mounting international pressure for a probe into the origin of Covid-19 and a review of the World Health Organisation’s response to the pandemic. President Xi Jinping told the World Health Assembly that China had acted with ‘openness, transparency and responsibility’ when the disease, which has impacted […]
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India backs 62-nation coalition that wants probe into Covid-19 origin, WHO response
India has backed calls to identify how the Sars-CoV-2 virus that causes Covid-19 was transmitted from animals to humans and conduct an ‘impartial’ evaluation of the World Health Organisation’s response to the pandemic, according to a draft resolution proposed for the WHO’s annual meet beginning tomorrow. New Delhi’s decision to […]
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Worrying surge in childhood disease may be linked to Covid-19: WHO
Europe and the United States have seen sharp surges in recent weeks of a severe immune disorder in children linked to Covid-19, health authorities reported Friday, sounding an alarm. At least five children — three in New York, and one each in France and Britain — have died from the […]
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Taiwan rejects China’s main condition for WHO participation
Taiwan’s health minister rejected on Friday China’s main condition for the island to be able to take part in the World Health Organization (WHO) – that it accepts it is part of China – ahead of a key meeting of the body during a pandemic. Non-WHO member Taiwan has lobbied […]
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Covid-19 could become endemic like HIV, may never go away: WHO
The coronavirus that causes Covid-19 could become endemic like HIV, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday, warning against any attempt to predict how long it would keep circulating and calling for a “massive effort” to counter it. “It is important to put this on the table: this virus may […]